Derived from the real black comedy

Barrett 2022-03-15 09:01:01

It is a bit cruel to call it a "comedy", think about it, so many innocent people have died! But the Coen brothers did create it as a comedy, regardless of the original material.

There are several comedy factors:

-the pregnant female police officer and her accent
-the two neurotic criminals, especially the boy with broken teeth
-the self-defeating husband
-the arrogant old man.

These factors interact. , Shake out countless cold burdens, the so-called "cold burden" is the kind that makes you think about it, and laugh alone until your stomach hurts.

However, the whole story is bleak and bleak, just like the gloomy winter weather in Fargo-specifically emphasized by the director. The director and screenwriter cleverly manipulated the sorrow and joy factors, and cleverly compiled this real case into a good show. The well-off home of the female police officer and her husband expresses a kind of warmth in the cold, in sharp contrast with those broken, utilitarian families and displaced criminals, and silently persuades others to do good.

The Coen brothers are the kind of filmmakers with infinite creativity and proficient skills, but also expressing alternative ways of slanting forward. I like it.

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  • Davonte 2021-10-20 18:58:59

    Clumsy pregnant woman, why your accent is so nice! ~Ya Ya! ~

  • Bonita 2022-03-23 09:01:03

    The story is great, the tall man was planted under the gun, the short man hid the money but was not blessed to enjoy it, his father-in-law loved money but died because of it, and the husband kidnapped his wife but eventually arrested him. Maybe this is the desperate world, but justice will not be late. I love this kind of running account, but it ridiculously amplifies the criminal psychology and consequences infinitely and snowballs and finally loses control of the movie.

Fargo quotes

  • Irate Customer: We sat right here, in this room, and went over this and over this.

    Jerry Lundegaard: Yeah, but that TruCoat...

    Irate Customer: I sat right here and said I didn't want any TruCoat.

    Jerry Lundegaard: Yeah, but I'm saying that TruCoat. You don't get it, you get oxidation problems. It'll cost you a heck of a lot more than $500.

    Irate Customer: You're sitting there. You're talking in circles. You're talking like we didn't go over this already.

    Jerry Lundegaard: Yeah, but this TruCoat...

    Irate Customer: We had a deal here for nineteen-five. You sat there and darned if you didn't tell me you'd get me this car, these options, without the sealant for nineteen-five.

    Jerry Lundegaard: All right, I'm not saying I didn't...

    Irate Customer: You called me 20 minutes ago and said you had it ready to make delivery! You says, "Come on down and get it." And, and, and here you are and you're wasting my time and my wife's time, and I'm paying nineteen-five for this vehicle here!

    Jerry Lundegaard: All right. I'll talk to my boss.

    [gets up and turns before leaving]

    Jerry Lundegaard: See, they install that TruCoat at the factory. There's nothing we can do about that.

    [Customer ready to shout]

    Jerry Lundegaard: but I'll talk to my boss.

    Irate Customer: These guys here. These guys. It's always the same! It's always more!

  • Marge Gunderson: So, do you remember getting a phone call late Wednesday night?

    Shep Proudfoot: [after a short pause] No.

    Marge Gunderson: You do reside there at 1425 Freemont Terrace?

    Shep Proudfoot: Yes.

    Marge Gunderson: Anyone else residing there?

    Shep Proudfoot: No.

    Marge Gunderson: Well, Mr. Proudfoot, this call came in past three in the morning. It's just hard for me to believe you don't remember anyone calling. Now, I know you've had some problems; struggling with the narcotics, some other entanglements, currently on parole.

    Shep Proudfoot: So?

    Marge Gunderson: Well, associating with criminals, if you're the one they talked to, that right there would be a violation of your parole; would end you up back in Stillwater. I saw some rough stuff on your priors, but nothing like a homicide. I know you don't wanna be an accessory to something like that.

    [after another pause]

    Marge Gunderson: So... you think you might remember who those folks were who called ya?